Fire-escape



(No Model.)

S. BARRY.

FIRE ESCAPE.

No. 437,552. Patented Sept. 30, 1890.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE;

SIMON BARRY, OF STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FlRE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,552, dated September 30, 1890. Application filed May 29, 1890. Serial No. 353,580. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON BARRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stroudsburg, in the county of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFire-Escapes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which I Figure 1 represents a front view of a building provided with my improved fire-escape; Fig. 2, a detail view in section of the vertically-slotted tube; Fig. 3, a detail perspective view of the car or carriage, and Fig. 4 a horizontal section taken through the slotted tube and inclosed sliding tube.

The invention is designed to provide improved and simple means for removing peo ple from burning buildings; and it consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings annexed, a designates a strong vertical metallic tube secured to the exterior of the building by means of suitable brackets and extending approximately the full length thereof. This tube is slotted ver t-ically on its front side, the slot extending the full length of the tube. J ournaled on suitable shafts near the upper and lower ends of the said tube, inside thereof, are pulleys b b. Fitted within the tube and adapted to slide up and down therein between the two pulleys is a short tube 0, provided near its respective ends with eyes d, which project out through the vertical slot in the main tube. Connected to the upper end of the inner sliding tube is a wire cable or rope e, which passes up inside the main tube over the upper pulley, and from thence down through the sliding tube and. under the lower pulley, where it is provided with a ring or other handle. The upper end of the tube a is closed by a cap a.

The letter f designates the car or carriage, which consists of a suitable platform sup ported and braced by suitable bars f. The car is provided with pintles (1, adapted to set in the eyes cl on the sliding tube and be thereby supported. The car may be swung around upon each side of the tube to reach the windows on either side thereof, as the exigencies of the case may require. The car may be reversed-that is, turned end for end-as the pintles d extend both above and below their supporting-lugs, and it may be readily removed, if desired.

The operation will be quite apparent from the foregoing. When it is desired to raise the car, it is simply necessary to pull upon the lower end of the operating-rope e, and to lower it it is simply necessary to pay out the rope slowly. The parts are all metallic, so that the flames will not impair their efficiency. To alarm the occupants of the building in case of a fire or burglary, I attach a bell h, by means of a suitable spring, to the upper end of the main tube and extend the shaft of the upper pulley and provide the same with a cam-arm 71/, whereby, when the said shaft is rotated by the rope and pulley, the cam-arm will violently ring the bell.

A horizontal bar g is supported under the platform of the car and extends out considerably beyond the same for the purpose of supporting ropes and ladders and. thereby gaining access to parts of the building not reached by the carriage or car. The inner end of the bar is provided with an eye which engages the lower portion of the upper pintle d and the bar itself rests in a loop g on the under side of the forward end of the platform. The bar has a limited lateral movement in the loop g". The upper side of the platform is also provided with a loop g to be used when the car is reversed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of the vertically slotted tube, the pulleys journaled therein, the sliding tube fitted within the slotted tube and provided with supporting-eyes, an operatingrope connected to the sliding tube and passing over the pulleys, and a car supported pivotally on the eyes on the sliding tube, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the stationary tube and sliding tube therein with the car carried pended bell, substantially as and for the purby the said sliding tube and provided with a poses described. 10 removable horizontal extension-bar g, as de- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in scribed. presence of two Witnesses.

3. The combination of the main stationary SIMON BARRY. tube, the pulleys and operating-cord, the slid- Witnesses: .ing tube carrying a car, a cam-arm on the O. B. STAPLES,

shaft of the upper pulley, and a spring-sus- H. A. OYPHERs. 

